Press Release: Mets Hall Of Famer Buddy Harrelson has passed

 

FLUSHING, N.Y., January 11, 2024 – Last night, Mets Hall of Famer Buddy Harrelson passed away at age 79 at a hospice house in East Northport, Long Island after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's. Harrelson played for the Mets from 1965-1977. He was a member of the 1969 Miracle Mets, a two-time All-Star (1970 and 1971) and earned the 1971 Gold Glove at shortstop. He later would serve as a coach with the Mets in 1982 and again from 1985-1990. Harrelson took over the managerial duties early in the 1990 season and led the Mets through the 1991 campaign. The Harrelson family announced they will have a celebration of his life at a later date.

Statement from Steve and Alex Cohen

 

"We were saddened to learn of Mets Hall of Famer Buddy Harrelson's passing. He was skilled defender and spark plug on the 1969 Miracle Mets. The Gold Glove shortstop played 13 years in Queens, appearing in more games at short than anyone else in team history. Buddy was the third base coach on the 1986 World Champs, becoming the only person to be in uniform on both World Series winning teams. We extend our deepest condolences to his entire family."

 

Bud Harrelson's stats:

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1965	21	NYM	NL	19	39	37	3	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	11	.108	.154	.189	.343	-2	7	0	0	0	0	0	6/H
1966	22	NYM	NL	33	113	99	20	22	2	4	0	4	7	3	13	23	.222	.313	.323	.636	80	32	1	0	1	0	1	6/H
1967	23	NYM	NL	151	603	540	59	137	16	4	1	28	12	13	48	64	.254	.317	.304	.621	81	164	5	4	7	4	0	*6/H
1968	24	NYM	NL	111	437	402	38	88	7	3	0	14	4	5	29	68	.219	.273	.251	.524	59	101	3	1	4	1	2	6/H
1969	25	NYM	NL	123	457	395	42	98	11	6	0	24	1	3	54	54	.248	.341	.306	.647	82	121	5	2	5	1	7	*6/H
1970	26	NYM	NL	157	682	564	72	137	18	8	1	42	23	4	95	74	.243	.351	.309	.659	79	174	9	3	12	8	4	*6/H	AS,MVP-20
1971	27	NYM	NL	142	618	547	55	138	16	6	0	32	28	7	53	59	.252	.319	.303	.622	79	166	6	2	13	3	0	*6/H	AS,MVP-22,GG
1972	28	NYM	NL	115	490	418	54	90	10	4	1	24	12	4	58	57	.215	.313	.266	.578	68	111	6	3	7	4	4	*6/H
1973	29	NYM	NL	106	408	356	35	92	12	3	0	20	5	1	48	49	.258	.348	.309	.657	86	110	4	1	3	0	4	6/H	MVP-29
1974	30	NYM	NL	106	412	331	48	75	10	0	1	13	9	4	71	39	.227	.366	.266	.632	80	88	5	2	8	0	1	6H
1975	31	NYM	NL	34	87	73	5	16	2	0	0	3	0	0	12	13	.219	.329	.247	.576	66	18	1	0	2	0	2	6/H
1976	32	NYM	NL	118	432	359	34	84	12	4	1	26	9	3	63	56	.234	.351	.298	.649	92	107	1	2	8	0	5	*6/H
1977	33	NYM	NL	107	305	269	25	48	6	2	1	12	5	4	27	28	.178	.255	.227	.482	34	61	3	1	7	1	1	6H
1978	34	PHI	NL	71	127	103	16	22	1	0	0	9	5	2	18	21	.214	.331	.223	.554	58	23	0	0	6	0	0	4H6
1979	35	PHI	NL	53	87	71	7	20	6	0	0	7	3	3	13	14	.282	.395	.366	.762	107	26	1	1	1	1	0	46H/57
1980	36	TEX	AL	87	219	180	26	49	6	0	1	9	4	4	29	23	.272	.373	.322	.695	97	58	3	0	10	0	0	6/4H
16 Yrs				1533	5516	4744	539	1120	136	45	7	267	127	60	633	653	.236	.327	.288	.616	76	1367	53	22	94	23	31
NYM (13 yrs)				1322	5083	4390	490	1029	123	45	6	242	115	51	573	595	.234	.324	.287	.611	75	1260	49	21	77	22	31

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 1/11/2024.

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